20010606: gempak to netcdf

>From: Darien Davis <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200106061701.f56H1kp29863

>I thought at one point that I heard Unidata had software to integrate
>netcdf files into Gempak -- instead of data being decoded and stored
>into gempak format, it was stored in netcdf files. Is this true? We are
>trying to port the ncep/gempak decoders into awips for the
>National Weather Service and are interested
>if you have tried a similar exercise. In particular, we are looking at
>the
>aireps/pireps decoder and the synoptic decoder.
>
>Thanks for any info!
>Darien Davis
>Forecast Systems Lab
>


Darien,

I created GEMPAK library routines to read NetCDF grid files. But, the
NetCDF files are big and bulky- and hard to add parameters to when you
compute new grids, times, or other dimensions. 

I haven't done any other development for non-GEMPAK formats.

Steve Chiswell